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Schedule and Background For Guidance Updates

The objective of the updates is to incorporate lessons learned from review of license renewal applications to increase the efficiency for both the applicant and the NRC. The following tables provide some of the background and a tentative schedule for the updates.

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Updated Documents (2017-2018)
Updated Documents (2010 Update)
Background (2010 Update)
Guidance Schedule (2010 Update)
Updated Documents (2005 Update)
Background (2005 Update)
Guidance Schedule (2005 Update)

Updated Documents (2017-2018)

The following license renewal guidance documents were updated and issued:

NUREG-2191, Generic Aging Lessons Learned for Subsequent License Renewal (GALL-SLR) Report
NUREG-2192, Standard Review Plan for Review of Subsequent License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants
NUREG-2221, Technical Bases for Changes in the Subsequent License Renewal Guidance Documents NUREG–2191 and NUREG–2192
NUREG-2222, Disposition of Public Comments on the Draft Subsequent License Renewal Guidance Documents NUREG–2191 and NUREG–2192

Updated Documents (2010 Update)

The following license renewal guidance documents were updated and issued:

NUREG-1800, Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants
NUREG-1801, Generic Aging Lessons Learned (GALL) Report
NUREG-1950, Disposition of Public Comments and Technical Bases for Changes in the License Renewal Guidance Documents NUREG-1801 and NUREG-1800

Background (2010 Update)

This table lists, in reverse chronological order, the notices, slides, transcripts and summaries regarding the 2010 License Renewal guidance document update.

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Date	Description
04/30/2011	NUREG-1950, "Disposition of Public Comments and Technical Bases for Changes in the License Renewal Guidance Documents NUREG-1801 and NUREG-1800" is available
12/16/2010	The following final updated license renewal guidance documents are now available: NUREG-1800, Rev. 2, Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants NUREG-1801, Rev. 2, Generic Aging Lessons Learned (GALL) Report Federal Register Notice announcing issuance
11/30/2010	Interim GALL Report track change version showing revisions between the September 2010 and current GALL Report. Interim GALL Report
11/17/2010	ACRS Letter Report on the revisions to the License Renewal Guidance Documents. Letter Report Staff Response Letter
11/04/2010	ACRS Full-Committee Meeting on draft License Renewal Guidance Documents. Staff Slides Meeting Transcript
10/22/2010	ACRS Sub-Committee Meeting on draft License Renewal Guidance Documents. The draft Standard Review Plan – License Renewal, and the draft GALL Report have been transmitted for ACRS review. Staff Slides Main presentation Small bore piping LRA review considerations of Rev. 2 Draft SRP-LR NUREG-1800, revision 2 Draft SRP-LR track change version revision 1 – revision 2 Draft GALL Report NUREG-1801, revision 2 Draft GALL Report track change version revision 1 – revision 2 Meeting Transcript
09/01/2010	Teleconference for the staff and external stakeholders to continue discussion on the updated draft Aging Management Program (M41) for buried and underground piping and tanks. Meeting Notice Supplemental NEI comments on 8/30/10 Supplemental Pilgrim Watch comments on 8/30/10 NRC listing of Pilgrim watch comments Supplemental Paul Blanch comments on 8/30/10 NRC listing of Paul Blanch comments Supplemental Structural Integrity comments on excavation damage on 8/31/10 Meeting Summary
08/24/2010	Teleconference for the staff and external stakeholders to discuss an updated draft Aging Management Program (M41) for buried and underground piping and tanks. Meeting Notice NRC Updated Draft AMP M41 for Buried Piping (August 11 Version) Preliminary NEI Comments on 8/6/2010 NRC staff handout NEI comments on 8/20 Structural Integrity comments on 8/20 Pilgrim Watch comments on 8/24 Paul Blanch comments on 8/24 Meeting summary
06/21/2010	Teleconference for the staff and NEI to hold working discussions about industry comments on the draft Aging Management Program for buried and underground piping and tanks. Meeting Notice NRC updated draft AMP41 for buried piping (June 18 version) Meeting Summary
06/07/2010 through 07/02/2010	Public comments on the draft license renewal guidance documents 6/7/2010 from NEI on buried piping AMP M41 6/8/2010 from Boyd Taylor (PNNL) 6/10/2010 from Omesh Chopra on reactor internals fracture toughness and fatigue analysis 6/29/2010 from EPRI/BWRVIP 6/30/2010 from NEI on structural, electrical, and mechanical AMPs 6/30/2010 from Y. Garud on flow accelerated corrosion 7/1/2010 from Pilgrim Watch on buried piping 7/1/2010 from EPRI on PWR internals 7/1/2010 from NEI on Buried Piping (M41), Mechanical AMRs, new AMRs 7/2/2010 from PWROG on Reactor Vessel Surveillance 7/2/2010 from Beyond Nuclear on buried piping (M41)
05/26-28/2010	Public meeting to hold a license renewal workshop on the updated license renewal guidance documents Meeting Notice Meeting Handouts Working Agenda NRC Slides Draft Replacement SRP table 3.0-1 Aging Management Program List NEI Structural Slides NEI Mechanical Slides NEI Electrical Slides Meeting Summary
05/18/2010	Federal Register Notice (75 FR 27838) announcing availability of license renewal guidance documents for 45 day public comment period FRN
05/14/2010	NRC staff issued updated draft license renewal guidance documents for comment: NUREG-1800, Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants, draft Rev. 2 NUREG-1801, Generic Aging Lessons Learned (GALL) Report, draft Rev. 2
05/13/2010	NRC Issues Press release about upcoming workshop
05/04/2010	Posted Preliminary draft update to SRP-LR on the web About this Preliminary Draft Posting Preliminary Draft SRP-LR Clean Version Track Change Version
04/30/2010	Posted Preliminary draft update to GALL on the web About this Preliminary Draft Posting Preliminary Draft GALL report Clean Version Track Change Version
03/25/2010	EPRI – Materials Reliability Program submits comments on GALL Chapter IV for Babcock and Wilcox reactor internals Letter
03/03/2010	NEI e-mail - ASME Class 1 Small-Bore Socket Weld Failure Summary E-mail
02/24/2010	Public meeting to hold working discussions between the NRC and NEI about the preliminary draft partial update of the license renewal guidance documents. Meeting Notice Meeting summary Meeting Handouts
01/04/2010 through 01/07/2010	Public meeting to hold working discussions between the NRC and NEI about the preliminary draft partial update of the license renewal guidance documents. Meeting Notice Meeting Summary
12/23/2009	Posted Preliminary draft partial update to GALL and SRP-LR on the web. About this Preliminary Draft Posting Preliminary partial NUREG-1800 Clean Version Track Change Version Preliminary partial NUREG-1801 Clean Version Track Change Version
12/02/2009	EPRI – Materials Reliability Program submits comments on GALL Chapter IV for PWR reactor internals. Letter
10/29/2009	NEI submits further suggested changes to GALL Report. Letter Enclosure
09/14/2009	NEI submits further suggested changes to GALL Report. Letter Enclosure
05/14/2009	NEI submits further suggested changes to GALL Report. Letter Enclosure Enclosure Enclosure
03/09/2009	NEI submits partial set of suggested changes to GALL Report. Letter Enclosure

Guidance Schedule (2010 Update)

This schedule reflects work plans that are subject to change. Early completion of a milestone may affect the target date of future milestones. Subsequent meetings and comment periods may change based on the revised schedule. This work plan will be updated on a periodic basis.

Milestones	Date
Start of Update	01/15/2009
Preliminary Partial Draft Documents published (as work in progress)	12/31/2009
Public comment Period (45 day) begins	05/18/10
Workshop	05/26-28/2010
Public comment Period ends	07/02/2010
ACRS sub-committee meeting	10/22/2010
ACRS full-committee meeting	11/04/2010
NRC Publishes the SRP-LR and GALL Report	12/30/2010
NRC publishes the consolidated technical bases and public comment NUREG	04/30/2011

Updated Documents (2005 Update)

The following license renewal guidance documents have been updated:

NUREG-1800, Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants
NUREG-1801, Generic Aging Lessons Learned (GALL) Report
RG 1.188, Regulatory Guide for Standard Format and Content for Applications to Renew Nuclear Power Plant Operating Licenses

Background(2005 Update)

This table lists, in reverse chronological order, the notices, slides, transcripts and summaries regarding License Renewal Guidance Update:

Date	Description
10/21/2005	The following final updated license renewal guidance document and supporting references are now available: NUREG-1833, Technical Bases for Revision to the License Renewal Guidance Documents
09/28/2005	The following final updated license renewal guidance documents are now available: NUREG-1800, Rev. 1, Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants NUREG-1801, Rev. 1, Generic Aging Lessons Learned (GALL) Report Volume 1 Volume 2 NUREG-1832, Analysis of Public Comments on the Revised License Renewal Guidance Documents RG 1.188, Rev. 1, Regulatory Guide for Standard Format and Content for Applications to Renew Nuclear Power Plant Operating Licenses which endorses, NEI 95-10, Rev. 6, Industry Guidelines for Implementing the Requirements of 10 CRF Part 54 - The License Renewal Rule
09/22/2005	ACRS Letter Report on the Draft Final Revisions to the Generic license Renewal Guidance Documents
08/15/2005	NRC staff has transmitted the following draft documents for ACRS Review: NUREG-1800, Rev. 1, Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants NUREG-1801, Rev. 1, Generic Aging Lessons Learned (GALL) Report Volume 1 Volume 2 NUREG-1832, Analysis of Public Comments on the Revised License Renewal Guidance Documents RG 1.188, Rev. 1, Regulatory Guide for Standard Format and Content for Applications to Renew Nuclear Power Plant Operating Licenses which endorses, NEI 95-10, Rev. 6, Industry Guidelines for Implementing the Requirements of 10 CRF Part 54 - The License Renewal Rule
06/10/2005	Written comments on the License Renewal Guidance Documents Public NEI
05/16/2005	Public Meeting to discuss Interim Staff Guidance and selected NEI comments on the License Renewal Guidance Update (5/16/05, 9:00-4:00, 01F16) Meeting Notice Meeting Summary
03/02/2005	Public Workshop on the License Renewal Guidance update Meeting Notice
02/11/2005	Union of Concerned Scientists submittal of report titled, "U.S. Nuclear Plants in the 21st Century: The Risk of a Lifetime." (ML050540351) Letter
02/07/2005	Bases Document for Revision to: Generic Aging Lessons Learned (GALL) Report - NUREG-1801, Revision 1 and Standard Review Plan for License Renewal (SRP-LR) - NUREG-1800, Revision 1
01/31/2005	NRC staff is currently soliciting comments on the following updated license renewal guidance documents: NUREG-1800, Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants NUREG-1801, Generic Aging Lessons Learned (GALL) Report Volume 1 Volume 2 DG-1140, Regulatory Guide for Standard Format and Content for Applications to Renew Nuclear Power Plant Operating Licenses which endorses, with exceptions, NEI 95-10, Industry Guidelines for Implementing the Requirements of 10 CRF Part 54 - The License Renewal Rule
01/19/2005	Negative impact regarding request for 90-day public comment period and delay in release of NEI 95-10 Letter
01/13/2005	Public Meeting to Discuss NEI 95-10 and Using the Draft License Renewal Guidance Documents (Jan. 13, 2005, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm, Commissioner's Conference Room 0-1G16) Meeting Notice Meeting Summary
12/09/2004	NEI comments on 9/30/04 Posting of the GALL Repot and SRP Letter
11/17/2004	Public Meeting regarding an NEI proposal for using the draft license renewal guidance documents (Dec. 1, 2004, 8:30 - 10:30 am, Commissioner's Conference Room) Meeting Notice
10/12/2004	Public meeting scheduled to discuss web posting on 09/30/04 and provide update of the License Renewal Guidance Update Project NOTE: Meeting time and date changed to Wednesday, October 27, 2004, 8:00am - 11:30am, Auditorium, Two White Flint North Meeting Notice Meeting Summary
09/30/2004	Posted Preliminary draft update to GALL and SRP-LR on the web. About this Preliminary Draft Posting Preliminary NUREG-1801 Preliminary Staff Review Results of GALL Items submitted by NEI on 07/30/2004
08/03/2004	Public meeting to provide project status and discuss NEI 05/11/04 submittal. Meeting Notice Meeting Summary
07/30/2004	Additional NEI Submittal of suggested changes to GALL Letter
06/25/2004	Prime contract for assistance with development of updated guidance documents awarded to Parallax.
06/02/2004	ACRS presentation on Revised License Renewal Process. Agenda Transcript
05/28/2004	NRC letter to NEI acknowledging receipt of NEI information on 5/11/04 Letter to NEI
05/11/2004	NEI submits suggested changes to GALL. Letter Attachment 1 - Reactor Coolant System Attachment 2 - Emergency Safeguard Features Systems Attachment 3 - Auxiliary Systems Attachment 4 - Steam and Power Conversion Systems Attachment 5 - Structures Attachment 6 - Electrical Systems
03/09/2004	Public meeting to discuss NRC staff assessment of NEI's proposed approach for update to guidance documents. Meeting Notice Meeting Summary
01/21/2004	Public meeting to discuss NRC approach for updating license renewal guidance documents and industry suggested restructuring and format. Meeting Notice Meeting Summary
10/24/2003	Transmittal of Revision 4 to NEI 95-10, "Industry Guideline for Implementing the Requirements of 10 CFR Part 54 - The License Renewal Rule." Transmittal of Revision 4 to NEI 95-10
10/15/2003	NRC Commission Briefing on License Renewal Program, Power Uprate Activities, and High Priority Activities Transcript Meeting SRM

Guidance Schedule (2005 Update)*

* This schedule reflects work plans that are subject to change. Early completion of a milestone may affect the target date of future milestones. Subsequent meetings and comment periods may change based on the revised schedule. This work plan will be updated on a periodic basis.

Milestones	Schedule Date
Base Document NUREG placed in ADAMS and on Web	10/30/2005
GALL, SRP-LR (Rev 1), RG, and Public Comment NUREG placed in ADAMS and on Web	09/30/2005
Public comment Period ends for draft update to GALL and SRP-LR (Rev B).	03/30/2005
Public workshop (1 or 2 days) to discuss the draft update to GALL and SRP-LR (Rev B).	02/or 03/2005
Public comment period begins for draft update to GALL and SRP-LR (Rev B).	02/01/2005
Draft update to GALL and SRP-LR (Rev B) for public comment with draft reference document available on web that provides justification for changes.	01/30/2005
Public meeting to discuss web posting of GALL and SRP-LR (Rev A).	10/27/2004

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